Steve LeVine:  

Life After I graduated HS, a lot has changed. In the 2nd half of 2000, when I started college, I became politically active. I attended the sold out MSG Nader Rally. I went to loads of concerts and met the singers. I drove up to Massachussetts with my friend Anneliese to see Ani, as well, even staying at a random person's house. I've had Quentin Tarantino pass me by at a Fiona Apple concert, which was pretty exciting. I had my hair bleached, which was a mistake but exciting nonetheless. In 2001, I decided I didn't want to work at Foodtown and started Wegmans. In June of 2001, I decided to revisit my past by visiting my family out in Denver Colorado for the week. I came back and took a cruise w/ my family to Mexico and Grand Cayman. Of course, Sept 11 was a tragedy and really was a crazy time. Luckily, I didn't know anyone who died, but it was still scary. I went to see my favorite singer Tori Amos 3 nights in a row with my cousin, internet friends and my friend Anneliese in NYC. The third night I pushed myself to the front barricade after the first encore was over and met her an hour later. On my birthday, Anneliese and I drove to Boston and saw Tori again. During the end of 2001, I bought a new laptop, bought a new (used) car, and finally was able to have fun spending money I was earning. In the beginning of 2002, I flew to Denver again for the week. A month later, Anneliese and I decided to drive to St Louis Missouri to see another Ani concert. I made it there in pretty good time and we went to the top of the Gateway Arch. Then we continued to visit an old HS friend in Chicago, which was a 5 hour ride going 100mph through most of Illinois. We pondered driving onto Denver or Kansas, but ended up coming home. A month later, my family and I drove down to New Orleans. An amazing trip! I was working at The WIZ during this time, and went to a few concerts during that summer including Alanis Morissette and Z100's Zootopia with my best friend Jason. Most of the summer I worked, and then in September of 2002, I flew to Santa Barbara California for the day to see an Alanis concert. I got there around noon, spent the day walking around the city, shopping, going to the beach, and then meeting my friend from there in the afternoon. We saw the concert and the next morning I flew back! Two days after coming back from Cali, I boarded an Amtrak train to visit my cousin in Denver. I met some really interesting but strange people on this trip, but it was another unforgettable time. Went to another Tori Amos concert at the Riverside Church in NYC, a very rare show, and almost met her again. I ended 2002 at a party with a friend on the roof of a building directly beneath the Empire State Building, which was an experience. 2003 wasn't such a great year. I spent most of it working, although I had my first boyfriend, Tony for a few months. January I went to Denver once again and surprised my cousin for her birthday. I called her from the garage telling her I was sorry I couldn't make it. While we were on the phone I snuck into her room and shocked the hell out of her. We spent that week going bar hopping downtown and went up to Boulder. I dated my boyfriend for about 3 months, but unfortunately it fizzled out. I also was outed to my parents around this time, which led to lots of fights. I worked more and went with my parents to Maryland for the week. I worked more and hung out with Jason. In the late summer of 2003, I saw Tori again at PNC with Ben Folds for her 40th birthday. I started William Paterson immediately after, and continued working at the GAP. The late fall/early winter was a very hectic time for my best friend, and I spent New Years Eve with him at my house. January, I went back to Denver for my cousin's birthday. Since then I mostly have just been going to school more, working and started a new job at American Eagle which I love. I am planning to graduate college in 2005. After that I plan to move to Denver, look for a job, and travel more. School I started school at the Pied Piper Nursery school when I was young and then went to Kindergarten and First grade at the Freehold Elementary School. Because I had just missed the cut-off date and my skills weren't up to par with what I was supposed to be, they made me go through first grade again, but this time at the Freehold Learning Center. I went through first to fifth grade at the FLC. Then I entered the Freehold Intermediate School. During Intermediate school, I was starting to learn what I liked, who I was, but that didn't happen as much as in High School. I went to the Freehold Borough High School starting in 1996. A lot of the time I was picked on for stupid stuff in HS and I was very insecure of myself. Towards my senior year and definitely now, most of the people who bullied me are friends or at least nice to me. Looking back, I wouldn't have gotten myself so worked up over trivial comments, and would have played along with them, but back then I was young and didn't know. I let people make fun of me for the dumbest crap, and it totally eroded my self-esteem, but that's High School for you. Honestly, I probably wouldn't go back through High School, but there were pa...Expand for more